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How Sano Genetics accelerated recruitment for a Parkinson’s disease gene therapy trial

Recruitment for genetically stratified clinical trials is a critical bottleneck for sponsors. Identifying individuals with specific variants, building trust aro...
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Closing the communication gap: A sponsor’s guide to building patient trust and retention

Participation in clinical trials can be burdensome and disruptive. In addition to practical inconveniences and discomfort, participants may have to take time of...
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Expediting study start-up: Best practices for sponsors

Study start-up is a critical stage of the drug development process and can have a major impact on trial timelines, budgets, and overall success. Start-up activi...
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Clinical trial site partnerships in 2025: What sponsors need to know

At the Partnerships with Sites summit in September 2025, new data from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (Tufts CSDD) underscored how the globa...
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Behind the scenes at Sano: Navigating the patient journey

Advocating for patients is one of the core pillars of Sano’s mission. Our approach to clinical trials is patient-centered and entails deep and meaningful engage...
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Building trust in clinical trial patient matching: Takeaways from DPHARM 2025

At this year’s DPHARM conference, Sano’s VP of Commercial, Ben Jackson, joined a panel on clinical trial patient matching moderated by a clinical expert from No...
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Built for modern trials: How Sano supports advanced genomic therapies

The next generation of advanced therapies, particularly gene therapies, hold enormous promise for patients with rare conditions. However, their clinical develop...
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Case study: Accelerating recruitment for a gene therapy trial

In recent years, the therapeutic landscape for genetic hearing loss (GHL) has advanced rapidly, with several programs reaching clinical development. However, tr...
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Clinical trial recruitment strategies for biotechs

After a decade of strong investment, the biotech sector in 2025 is navigating a markedly constrained funding environment. Early-stage companies, particularly th...
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Clinical trial budgeting: Smarter strategies for biotech

Clinical trials have always been burdensome on sponsors, but in the current biotech landscape, the pressure to execute trials promptly, efficiently, and in a co...
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